The Gold Card Podcast

Episode 92 - Fantasy players hate this one simple trick!    Recorded on February 3rd, 2021   Episode title compliments of Avalanche2025 from TESD Discord   John, Josh, and Vince open the show with a discussion about the pros and cons of unlocking the regional restrictions. This topic could honestly be a whole podcast by itself but a number of angles are touched on for people to think about. After...

Episode 91 - Overreaction Szn   Recorded on January 27th, 2021   The full crew have a very normal regular season show for the first time in awhile. Breath of fresh air! Is Vince buying LNG? Josh wonders "Why would anybody bets against Chovy?" Is John out on Nongshim? Has Chris been hurt too many times by RNG? This and more!   The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodc...

Episode 90 - Non-Fungible Tokens   Recorded on January 20th, 2021   After a fun listener question to open, John, Josh, and Vince discuss a few small news topics and then break down our first full "normal" slate with all four "major" leagues running. They also give their first impressions on what we've seen so far in the LPL, LCK, and the LCS Lock-In Tournament.   The Gold Card Podcast finally has...

Episode 89 - LCS Pre-Season Preview and LCS Lock-In   Recorded on January 13th, 2021   The great Allen Heffelfinger ( @LCSPicks ) contributor at LineMovement.com and TheEsportsDepartment.com joins the full Gold Card Crew as we breakdown every team in the LCS, discuss the Lock-In tournament, make picks for the Lock-In opening days, and then follow it up with picks for this weekends LPL and LCK slat...

Episode 88 - LCK Pre-Season Preview and LPL Opening Week Lines   Recorded on January 6th, 2021   We're back with a second episode for you this week this time with the LCK Pre-Season Preview AND opening weekend in the LPL. Professional LOL IS BACK IN ACTION YO!    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   Intro   LCK Power Rankings   Build your own futures market...

Episode 87 - LEC Pre-Season Preview   Recorded on December 30th, 2020   The GCP crew dives deep on each team in the LEC, their changes, our outlooks for them, and eventually get to our tier lists and any futures positions we fancy.    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   Intro   LEC Power Rankings   Futures Picks Futures Odds:    G2 -200 (66.667%) Fnatic +4...

Episode 86 - LPL Spring 2021 Pre-Season Preview   Recorded on December 29th, 2020   Chris is going to have a bit of a rocky schedule the next couple months so we were unfortunately without him for this show but John, Josh, and Vince break down their full LPL tier lists and power rankings. This was a very in depth breakdown of our thoughts on how we think the LPL will play out, ranges of outcomes f...

Episode 85 - "IG running it back?" - The LPL Offseason Show   Recorded on December 22nd, 2020   I also shout out my friend Dave Harvey (Primatives and Harvey and the Hendersons) who created our intro music and has been hosting awesome live music on Twitch every single weekend! You can find that channel at www.twitch.tv/HarveysHouse   Our third hot stove season show focuses entirely on the LPL and...

Episode 84 - "It's half off, how could you not?"   Recorded on December 16th, 2020   Our second hot stove season show ran really long after a few digressions on side topics but we dove deep on the LCK's roster moves. We'll be doing the LPL next week which works out well because the day after we recorded there were a ton of moves dropped.   We'll be bringing you content all offseason but we NEED TO...

Episode 83 - Xmithie with an accent   Recorded on: November 24th, 2020   Our first hot stove season podcast was a marathon but we cover free agency so far in all four major leagues and give our thoughts as well as discuss some bigger picture topics regarding roster construction and the business side of esports.   We'll be bringing you content all offseason but we NEED TOPIC IDEAS! What do you all...

Episode 82 - 2020 Sunset Show   Recorded on: November 10th, 2020   With the competitive year for 2020 over the crew discuss the world finals and 2020 in it's entirety in a bigger picture podcast. Thoughts about the game, the teams, the players, and more as well as the 2020 Who's Who Awards!   We'll be bringing you content all offseason but we NEED TOPIC IDEAS! What do you all want to hear us talk...

Episode 81 - Worlds 2020 Grand Finals   Recorded on: October 25th, 2020   We tried a different, more laid back vibe on this pod. Due to some scheduling conflicts we had to record this on a Sunday afternoon and as many of you know we're all football nuts so this was more like a hanging out with the fellas style show.    John, Josh, Chris, and Vince recap the semifinals and breakdown the finals matc...

Episode 80 - Worlds 2020 Semifinals   Recorded on: October 21st, 2020   The gang gets a little rowdy on this show while recapping quarterfinals, answering an intriguing listener question, and previewing and breaking down this weekend's semifinals showdowns. My time stamps got lost on this one but we start talking about the matches around the 57 minute mark for those that prefer to skip to that. Jo...

Episode 79 - Worlds Quarterfinals Breakdown   Recorded on: October 13th, 2020   It's quarterfinals time! The gang recaps the group stage performances and breaks down the four quarterfinals matches starting Thursday.   Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you consume the show! It helps out visibility and gets the name out there!   The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's...

Episode 78 - Hittin' It and Quittin' It with Big Underdogs   Recorded on: October 6th, 2020   Josh, John, Vince, and eventually Chris recap the first round robin of the main event group stage, answer a few listener questions, and dive right into the second round robin starting on Thursday with some insight into how we're approaching things from a betting and DFS perspective.   Don't forget to rate...

Episode 77 - Drew Brees and the Worlds Main Event   Recorded on: September 30th, 2020   The usual crew, John, Josh, Vince, and Chris spend some time recapping the Play-In stage, their thoughts on the wildcard regions in general, and players that stuck out to them. From there they dive into the main event group stage, their big picture approach to it, and the matchups themselves. Pick of the week a...

  Episode 76 - The 2020 Worlds Mega Show!   Recorded on: September 18th-22nd, 2020   We wanted to do something special for Worlds so we put together a who's who of the LOL DFS, betting, and analyst community to collect our thoughts as we head into everyone's favorite time of the year!   This took a lot of work and I'd like to thank everyone for contributing their time and thoughts!   The Gold Card...

Episode 75 - Meet the Play-Ins!   Recorded on: September 16th, 2020   John, Josh, and Vince hangout in a more relaxed show discussing the play-in stage in it's entirety, introducing everyone to each of the wildcard region teams, and breaking down our thoughts on how it will play out. John also updates everyoen on EU Masters and we briefly discuss the finalized Worlds patch (10.19).    Next week wi...

Episode 74 - The calm before the storm   Recorded on: September 9th, 2020   The GCP welcomes on special guest Allen Heffelfinger ( @LCSPicks ) to recap the Summer playoffs in the LCK, LEC, and LCS, answer listener questions, and start looking ahead to the World Championships taking place in a couple of weeks. This show was a lot less structured and more free-flowing than our normal shows since the...

Episode 73 - The COO vs The CEO   Recorded on: September 2nd, 2020   The Gold Card crew discusses playoffs in all four of the major regions as well as a brief opening about some thoughts on EU Masters which kicked off this week.    Intro   0:01:45 - News / Listener Questions   0:53:20 - LCK Summer Grand Finals and LCK Regional Gauntlet   1:08:27 - LEC Playoffs   1:14:44 - LCS Playoffs   1:28:30 -...

Episode 72 - The more things change the more they stay the same   Recorded on: August 25th, 2020   The Gold Card crew discusses playoffs in all four of the major regions as well as a brief opening about some thoughts on EU Masters which kicked off this week.    Intro   0:01:45 - EU Masters Opening Thoughts   0:12:00 - LCK Playoffs   0:27:25 - LPL Summer Finals    0:35:27 - LPL Regional Gauntlet  ...

Episode 71 - Playoffs and Week 10 LCK with special guest @LeagueofItems   Recorded on: August 18th, 2020   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by  The Esports Department ! Get the analysis, projections, and tools used by the pros for League of Legends, DotA2, and CounterStrike: Global Offensive betting and DFS.   The Gold Card Podcast welcomes on special guest Mike @LeagueofItems   ! Mike is a...

Episode 70 - Summer Playoffs Round One vs The LCK Chalk Monster   Recorded on: August 11th, 2020   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by  The Esports Department ! Get the analysis, projections, and tools used by the pros for League of Legends, DotA2, and CounterStrike: Global Offensive betting and DFS.   With the final week of the regular season for 2020 in the LCS, LEC, and LPL this weekend,...

Episode 69 - JackeyLove's FOMO   Recorded on: August 5th, 2020   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by  The Esports Department ! Get the analysis, projections, and tools used by the pros for League of Legends, DotA2, and CounterStrike: Global Offensive betting and DFS.   With the final week of the regular season for 2020 in the LCS, LEC, and LPL this weekend, the full Gold Card crew discusses...

Episode 68 - Team Solo Top   Recorded on: July 29th, 2020   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by  The Esports Department ! Get the analysis, projections, and tools used by the pros for League of Legends, DotA2, and CounterStrike: Global Offensive betting and DFS.   The GCP crew discuss the playoff picture for each major region in detail, the weekly news points, and then dives into the weeken...